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ratpag Goes To An All-New Format
ratpag is proud to announce that, as of 12:01 am today, we are, without prior warning, switching formats from the former all-talk rail and transit programming to all-talk recreation and travel programming. ratpag will be known henceforth as the “Recreation And … Continue reading
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Tagged format, format change, rail and transit, ratpag, recreation, Seinfeld, travel
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Please Quit Your Job and Travel (Link Dump)
ratpag is happy to present another installment of our known series, Link Dump, as it tackles a topic near and dear to ratpag’s heart: quitting. You see, ratpag isn’t big on putting its head down and doing something just because it … Continue reading
Posted in Link Dump
Tagged amtrak, BBC, bus, crude oil, DC, DDOT, Denver, EZPass, Freakonomics, lawyer, Metro, Michigan, quit your job, seattle, Texas, train, travel, travel the world
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ratpag Investigates: Life Without Transit and the Perils of Car Ownership, Part 1
Entering the Heartland: From New York to Chicago Our journey begins with ratpag’s departure from public transportation as we know it. I bade farewell to New York City and traveled beneath the Hudson River to New Jersey where ratpag’s New … Continue reading
Posted in Life Without Transit
Tagged 80, 90, automobiles, cars, Chicago, Cuyahoga Valley, desert, driving, Dunkin Donuts, Interstate, L train, national park, New Jersey, New York City, Pennsylvania, traffic, transit, travel, Wawa
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Link Dump
ratpag is full of ideas and would never stoop so low as to repeatedly reference 21 year-old episodes day after day after day when there are so many riveting transportation topics and discussions to be had. So why did we … Continue reading
Posted in Link Dump
Tagged 1 train, amtrak, Asbury Park, BBC, California, Chicago, Colorado, Denver, Duff, Fraser, Governor's Island, Granada, Grenada, Jersey Shore, link dump, LIRR, Long Island, New Jersey, Norfolk, Penn Station, rail road, Simpsons, ski, South, South Ferry, Southwest Chief, spring, summer, Sunset Limited, transit, travel, vacation, Virginia Beach, Zephyr
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